जाह्नवी ज्या जगन्माता जप्या जंघालवीचिका । जया जनार्दनप्रीता जुषणीया जगद्धिता
jāhnavī jyā jaganmātā japyā jaṃghālavīcikā | jayā janārdanaprītā juṣaṇīyā jagaddhitā
她是阇诃那毗(Jāhnavī),即圣恒河;她是力量之弓弦。她是世界之母,是持诵(japa)中当呼唤者。她是胜利者,为阇那尔达那(Janārdana)所爱;当受敬奉与侍奉,普利一切世间。
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) in Kāśī
Type: ghat
Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha-yātrins in the narrative frame
Scene: Gaṅgā as the world-mother, with a japa-mālā in hand; Viṣṇu/Janārdana shown blessing her or receiving her devotion; devotees chanting on Kāśī ghāṭas.
In Kāśī, the sacred Gaṅgā and the Goddess are seen as world-mother and world-benefactor; japa and service align the devotee with universal welfare.
Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Jāhnavī) is directly invoked, tying the hymn to Vārāṇasī’s sacred river geography.
Japa is explicitly implied by the epithet japyā—she is ‘to be recited/invoked’.